High severity · published Aug 18, 2026
CVE-2026-74038
Wazuh 4.0.0 < 4.14.6 Path Traversal DoS via Agent Enrollment
7.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Wazuh 4.0.0 before 4.14.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service by enrolling an agent with a dot-sequence name such as ".." through the enrollment port. Attackers exploit insufficient validation in OS_IsValidName() and unsafe path concatenation in delete_diff() to resolve the traversal to the parent queue directory, causing its subdirectories to be removed and stopping all Wazuh services requiring manual recovery.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WA
wazuh-manager · Wazuh
4.0.0 before 4.14.6 · source: vendor
WA
Wazuh · Wazuh
4.0.0 before 4.14.6 · source: NVD
Affected product
WA
wazuh-manager
Wazuh
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